Severe case of thrombotic microangiopathy with a delayed diagnosis of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome successfully managed with eculizumab

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Aresmouk, Duaa ^a  

^a Nephrocare Hagen GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Eculizumab; Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADAMTS1 PROTEIN; ECULIZUMAB; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; RITUXIMAB;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 84942099834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22842594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12890/2015_000180     Document Type: Article

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